General Department of Remote Sensing Satellites

7 satellites in orbit, 7 operating.

The count is the catalogue’s as of Nov 9, 2026, 12:17 PM; whether a satellite is operating is as Orbinauts writes it where it has written when the satellite’s mission ended, and otherwise as Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue believes it, licensed CC BY 4.0: GCAT

General Department of Remote Sensing Satellites is how GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue (CC BY 4.0), names the organisation under the code YWZB, of China, People's Republic of. This page gathers the satellites it flies and those of every organisation under it, each row naming the organisation that flies it. It is part of Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad). See every satellite of Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad).

SatelliteKindOrbit classLaunchedOperatingFlown by
OBJECT AEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
GAOFEN 11-05Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
GAOFEN 13 02Earth-watching satelliteGeostationaryYes
GAOFEN 11 04Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
GAOFEN 11 3Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
GAOFEN 14Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
GAOFEN 13Earth-watching satelliteGeostationaryYes